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CONFERENCE CONVENTION
WITH G.O.P.
SCHEDULED
Proorcsslvcs Appoint Committee to
Confer With Republicans, Despite
Opposition of Western Radicals
Nomination of Roosevelt Tonight Is
Temper of Convention Enthusi
asm for Teddy Continues Amonn,
Delations Robins Permanent
Chairman.
AfniTOUILT.M, CHICAGO, Juno s.
With their onthuslium for Thoo
(lore Hoosovelt unabated, nt the only
nun) the party roil lil nominate ami
a settled oouvfotlon among luindroda
or tho delegates thnt his nomination
might an welt lio made nt onco, tho
progreeelvy national convention met
In Its second session 10 minutes late
tfiilny. Conrvatlve lenders worn
anxious to prevent nn Immediate nom
Iniitlon lint Victor M unlock ami some
of tho radicals wore iiiixIoiih to nomi
nate today.
The conservatives weio not sum of
their nullity to hold tho dologaton in
line.
"It in n povvdor tnngnzlno," sold
ono louder, "mid thoro nro lots of
matches around."
Tho convention mot forty inlnuto
late after nearly two hours of eheor
In and shouting in whloh. Colonol
Itoosovelt wna tho only flgitra.
Tin oo utmlKht dnya of rain did not
npjienr to have dampened tho pro
Itooiovolt ardor of dologntea who
aaug Teddy" songs and cheered Col
nuel Itooievolt frequently whllu Hie
crowds wore filing In.
KoIiIiih (linlrinnn
Selection of ltaymond Iloblm for
permanent chairman wi regarded
as Indicating strongly lhat the con
vention would proceed with nomi
nation tonight.
The element opposing him had fav
ored delay In nominations until the
republican convention had acted. The
letter written by Colonel Hoosevelt
expressing willingness to apeak at the
republican convention caused a son
at Ion among- the delegates aa the
news filtered to them. Many appear
ed agltatod and concerned when this
new turn In tho political tides hoowine
known. I
Delegations shouting state 'olls for
Itoosevelt vied for vocal attention in
a quartet armed with megaphone.
The sinner triunqihed for the mo
iu.mii The Massachusetts delegation
led the nous and xhoutliiK
(Contlnuod on paso six)
PRESIDENT O.K.'S
OF
. PARTY
WASHINGTON. Juue S.-President
U'iUoh today practically had
euuuiL'ted a draft of the platform to
he submitted to the demoerotie, na
tional eon vent ton. The principal
plunk, it l wM. will eot f
declaration of the adrnwiatrntioit's
ucce in guarding the honor and in
terest of the United States and at
tlie Mime tiaaa hasping the nation at
jsnuc. .
Specifically, the foreign affairs
ritiou of th idutform probably will
pruie these act of the administra administra
teon: ... .
Protection of the mrotrnl right of
the Inited State and other notions.
lUt'u"! to allow tho eountrv to he
dr iwn into the Mexican internal trou
1,1,,. and prompt diapatch of troop
, pursuit of Wider on Anierieuti ter-
" M.!iniMuUM of the Monr dm
ii in.- and foaterint good relation
ith other nutioo of the weteru
I . M i-phere.
s, ort of tbo polwv of "America
' i-i "
I h, plank on doaaosti affmr will
,,t,. particularly to the merits of
I . W" t.inl I " '' '' ''' ''
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PLANKS
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HEARS LK
Republicans Hear Reports of Various
Committees and Recess Until 4
o'clock Chauncey M. Depcw, For
mer Speaker Cannon and Senator
Borah Make Speeches While Wait
ing for Resolutions Committee to
Report Platform.
COI.ISKl'M. ClllCAOO, June 8.
At I jJtl o'clock the iTpulilienn nn
tjioiuil onvciittnn reeeml until 4
o'clock lo nwnit the report of tho ie
olitlioiiH eonuuittee which ytill wim
vorkiiiK on Hie pint form.
The convention wns in pioii
nliout two lioni-x mill did nothiiiK more
tlinn perfeet it iiormntieut oiunniru
tiou mul listen to Hppechpn.
Disucntiiitf irpoiN on Hip woman
mil'fmge mid SIeIeiin plunks hue
lieen cnirieil In Ihe full committee by
the Hiili-cimimittcc mid the convention
wnt forced to wnit while llie commit -tec
iliHciiKM'il llii'e niciistircs uuil tie-
lulled mloption of u prohibition
plunk.
t'linuncev M. Pepew, Kotmer
Speaker Cnnnon nnil Seiintnr Honilt
inntU- Kpecches lo occupv the dele
jrutef while wnitiiiir tiie ruport of tho
rcHolulioiiH committee.
I'aln UniupeiiH Kntliusliisiii
The hull wan cold ami dump, drip
ping ruin eonU mid iiiuhrullns Honk
ed Hip floor, hut Hip liedniKKled dele
gnteii miuli tho he-l of it. Thu limid
up in the cnl I cry enlivened the wait
A the crowd lii'jnin nHicmliluii;
IiiiiHiiiiicli nn the Icmpornrv orpuu
ixntion Inn liueu iiiitde permanent
yexlciilnv, noHiinir remiiiued hut to
reort the pnieeedinir to Hie conven
tion and i"k it Approval.
lliinline then Milled for the report
of the credcntinl commit tee. Sen
ntor Sinoot. the chnilmun, wna np
plniideil uf he ftnrted to read the re
Miit recommeiidiuK Hie seating of 087
delegnleo and lintitiir of the ileiioiiK
in eonlewtcd eacc. It uxeluded two
deleirule- from Ihe Diatriet of Col
umbia, admitted two each from
Alaska mid llawuii.
Seiintor Smoot moved the adop
tion of the ri'Hiit. A rolling clioniK
o' nyeM put it tlirouuli.
Little Iliislness Heady
The reoit of the mips eominittoe
win. next, but it wn not remlv mid at
the chairman'. i't'o.uet tho Imud
started up niiiiin, while await inir Ihe
report.
The chairman Mopped llie iuhmc to
reeocniia Senator Smoot, matin for
n Miipplmnentnl reort frotn the ere
ilentittli. committee. It proposed to
Itive oeh to the ix ilcleirnteti front
Hawaii. I'oilo Itieo ami the l'liilip
pinex. It wiix Milopted without op
position. That made the total number of
Mti, in the convention 9S0. making
lid ote-i necessary to a nominal win.
I'iiihIK the reMrt of the ndeo com
mit tM wn ready and National Com
mitteeman C. H. Varren of Michigan
prcented it. It was n unHiiimoin, re
)ort and ha been puhlihod,
Hriefly the rules of the convention
are tho.e of the houe of represen
tatives, with certain modifications to
adapt them to the need of o dif
fereiit a liody.
Cniiuot CIiiiiikc Voios
One of the rules prohibits a state
delegation from chuiigiug its vote,
uiiUmx there ha lwen an error in
eaittiug it. Heretofore delegations
have been able to do so.
The reMrt of the reiolution com
mittee w.i, the next older of buui-
(Continued on page six)
ALLIED AIRSHIPS
I.ONIXIN, June h. An allitd air
sipiudrou h.i, m-i I nil bombarded
the whare, at Iioboken. near Anl
werji, according to a di-tulch to the
Kxehange Telegraph coiupanv trom
Uaestriclit. The German are uid to
have been building destroyers ut Ho
Iciki ll fti, -i 1 1 ,1.1 f ! i W.l- tiled llfMili
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T.R. AWAITS
I
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FRUGIP.
Roosevelt Anxious to Address Rcpub
licau Convention If Requested
Hopes for Harmony Grills Presi
dent Wilson as Greatest National
Evil and Flays German-Americans
for Activity in Qchalf of Hughes as
Nonimcc.
OYSTKIl HAY, K. V., Juno 8.
Colonel Hooneell will come to Cht
ongo if "the republican convention
ilpwires me to niiitroM it. huh lie
aiiuoiinced todny in n reply miule to
the invitntion he received Innt iii(ht
from Senntor William II. .Inekmin ol
Mnr.vinud, unking him lo come to
Chicago.
The colonel 'declared in hi answer
Hint lie hoped both the republicim
ami prngrcxxivc would nominate u
man who, If electwd, "would pbiee this
nntion where it belongs by milking it
true to itself mul Iheriiforo tnie lo
nil mankind."
1 'resident WiUon, he nid. hail
"rcndeied to Hiis pooplo Hie most cwl
suriee Hint enu hu rendered to a
greHt deinnemey."
Avtnltlu Invitation
Colonel KooneveltV reply to Son
ator Jnckxnu follows;
"In answer lo your telegram I enu
only mi.v thnt Hip matter hi with the
republieitn convention mid Hint if the
convention dciiri me to nililiesn it
I nIiiiII be glnd to do mi,
"I u'ry'oiirnontly hope thaj Hjojrqr
pujilipuni' mid fiifijrresHlves iihwiii
bled nl Chicago will keep Hleadily in
mind the gruvity of thi ciiib, not
onlv for America, but for the world,
nod the need Hint their action in dig
nity, foresight mid patriotUm Iiiill
li e level to the crisis. I hope Hint
their aim will not be merely to nom
inate a nmn who can be elected next
November, hut n niaii of ueh power-'
fill diameter, steadfast conviction
and provod nhilirv that if elm-ted be
will again dnee thi nation wbeie it
belongs by making it true to itself
and therefore true to nil mankind.
President Wilson, however amiable
his intentions, has rendered to this
pooplo Hie most evil service Hint
could be rendered In a great democ
racy by it chosen lender.
WINon Crllleil
"lie baa dulled the nation's con
science and relaxed the spring of
lofty national motive bv teaching out
people to accept liighfsonnding word
as the offset and atonement fot
shabby deeds and to use uonls which
mean nothing in order to draw all
inclining front those which hao a
meaning.' It will be no easy tusk to
arouse the austere clf-rpsct which
has lie en lulled lo slumber by those
means. To this task we should bend
our united energies in the spirit of
Washington and Lincoln, the spirit of
genuine democratic leadership.
"The differences thnt hae divided,
not merely republicans and progtes
sives, but good Americans of nil
shades of ixditieal belief, from one
another in the (mat sink into nothing
when compared with the issues now
demanding decision, fur these issues
are vital to the national life. They
are the issues of a unified American
ism and of national preparedness. If
we are not all of us American ami
nothing else, scorning to divide along
hues of section, of creed or of no
tional origin, then the nation itself
will crumble into dust.
' I'l-epniisliic thu Issue
"If wt are not thoroughly prepar
ed, if we have not develoid n
btreugth which revects the rights of
others, but which i- also ready to en-
(Continued on Page Four)
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PROGRESSIVELEADERS MEET FGR BULL M00SEGL0RY
jaSEw.sWilMMCawiaagici)rni
Keif's Mi i lei I lln 'M, i f ll
elt on the fl ior ol tlu IDI- icpiililhuii tonu utli u, greitlnP
xoii of ( iiliroiuhi, Hull l i o hailtr f the I'mlfli m;i -I
G.O.P.
F
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KILLS PROHIBITION
COUSKCM, ClIICAtiO. .lime 8. -Ktcudeil
discussion of many prois
ioiis sought to be inuiiisrated in tho
platform of the repglilicau party
marked tho seasiuii of pie resoliitiunH
committee of the republican nntimial
convention lodny.
Tho comiulttce's apfwowil flhe-.
principle of wihiihii suffrwge by u
vote ol I'll to 21 wn hailed with joy
in Ihe suffragist ranks. Hut it wna
later modified to rend, "encb state
deciding for itself."
The proponents of universal com
pulsory military training failed to
obfaiu the insertion of their plunk by
u vote of ID to 23.
1'ioliiliitioit as n party pluuk was
rejected without the formality of a
roll call mid an effort to put the re
publican patty on record in favor of
a war munitions embargo wns voted
down with only one ote east in-its
favor.
A neutrality plank in support of a
''strict nud honest neutrality," with
ull nations Has adopted.
The Mexican iUetion came up for;
much discussion mul it wa tlionubt
that the committee would decide mi
a plank broader than the Full pio- I
Msion, which pronn-cil protection to
American citicn- nloii. both tdc ol
the border.
THIRTY INJURED
XF.W YORK. Juin About tl.irt
pei-sous were iiiiih.I m an elevated
road collision here iml followed by
fire. An hour alter tin- wreck it had
not been definitely determined
whether unv ono had been killed, but
fit whs said at hospital, wbre the In
jured were taken that ,everal would
probably die.
Harding Makes
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Ttte fi. O. I'.'s fee)moo is bi' vt tlio oiamO t ftJi C'lOiltnliiij of elo.
UOM' Hwt eier louiiltil 10 lt'0 loracouo d4ooo! QHQIi, it ouug. Hie
taiuoiu (uitiMnis .it ( liliett" Oi ttu MoH Tci iram li.is mubi bini In a
(liaiaslu se,
ml, wli i I ,1 tli vcnt fUlit for ltoo-
llli. mi .lohii
OFE
SHIPS IN BATTLE
Hl'KUN, June 8.- An otfieiul
statement Wucd today gives Hie to
tal loss of the Opimnu high-sun
forces during the bullle off Jutland
nud up lo the pivsput time as one
buttle cruiser, one ship of (he line of
older construction, four small cruise
trs nnd five torpedo bonts.
Ilw "talciil ieya: " '
"Of these losses, the battleship
I'ornmern wns Iniinehed in 11)0,1. Tho
loss of the cruisers Wlesliiuluii, Kill
ing, rVaucnlob and five toipi'do boats
already has been leported iu official
statements. For military ivaeons
we refrained until now from making
public Hie loss of Ihe battle cruiser
J.uUo nnd the cniier ltotoek.
The destruction of the f,uiow was
claimed in the lirl le lenient issued
by the 1 British mlmiraltv. At the
same time the llriti-h claimed that
two (lermmi hallle-'hip- hud been sent
to the bottom and vix destroyers as
well us the ramming of a -iibmarine.
The Hrilixh, however, only claim to
Iiiim' yinU one (lirniiiu huhl cruiser.
T
IS UNDE
WAl'KF.fiAN'. III. .lone h Willi
the j ii r in the Inol i Will tis-t lin-
ully completed utter ll niinnatioii
of more than l'-'Oll eiureuieu, the
actual trial of the I'liivt-r-tt of Wis-con-in
student eluiryeil with Hie mur
der o bis swcethcarl. Marion I4HU-
llieit, wii. begun todnv.
1 Frank Urobert. father of the deud
girl, will take the slinid as the first
witness for the stale.
State's Attorney Ralph Daily is
said to have l'i.5 witncM', while the
defence is resrted to have but
lwent-five. According to estimates
of attorneys in the case, the I rial
prolmhlv will occiii mioihcr month.
the Welken Ring
GERMAN
ADMITS
0
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ET
RIAL
RWAY
1 TICKETS
W
m
CERTAINTY
Peace Efforts Fall to Date Republi
cans Refuse to Enter Progressive
Fold Think Colonel Could Save
the Day Republicans to Nominate
Friday and Proorcsslvcs Saturday
Roosevelt and Johnson to Analn
Be Stantlartl-Bcarcrs.
CIHC.U10, dune 8. -As political
lenders gathered for the second dKv'
legion of Hie republican mul pro
gii;sMic national conventions it be
eauie more mul more apimrent Hint
there would be two tickets in tho
field.
Victor .Mm dock, chairman oT tho
progressive national coiiuuiltuo,
Miinnicd np the whole situation when
be said teday: '
"Well, wo Ipft the door open and
the republicans dou'l seem to lie com
ing in."
Two Tickets Likely
Republieaii lendei-a, (ihi, diseouut
ed Ihe siicccm of the pence talk,
saving that action had beuu deluyed
for so long that a majority of tho
republieaii delogulea already lmvo
decided to proceed without regard for
any third patty and nominate
Hughes, to whom the most support
has been given.
There are some among tho pro
gicssives and among Knoiovolt re
publican us vvoll, who still beliero
Hint tho eolouul' blinself ooujil. juwi
thn diV)1f he" would eoiiie lo Chioago.
Representative Claidncr of .Massn
cbusells, who wns ilcfeatisl for re
publican "dolegato-at. large from
.Mussaehusells on a Roosevelt ticket,
pleaded with progivsitt lenders to
bring Colonel Roosevelt on without
deluy.
The republican nomination for
president probably will be made in
the Coliseum tomorrow-, but it is not
exjwrted the convention will adjourn
before Hnturduy., Ostensibly the ses
sion will be prolonged to give mure
deliberate consideration than is usual
In a nomination Tor seeiupl place, but
the real purpose, it i,. believed, is to
avoid adjournment before 'he pro
gressive convention hits acted.
Itoosiuell anil .loluiHm
The progressive convention prdi
ably will not nominate before Satur
day. There will be onlv a few hours
itf session loduy, and thai will be de
voted to idMifnrm making anil other
routine. The delegates ar confident
that on Sat unlay thev will name is
their ticket Roosevelt and Johnson,
their stuudurd-bearer i.f four years
ago.
While (here bud been little real dis
cussion b republicans of vice-preaj-dentiul
M)sHibilities, consulerable
tulk was hvunl IimIuv indicating that
there might he concentration on either
Former Vi President Fairbanks uf
ludiaua or Former Senator Durtoa
of Ohiii.
L
E
8AX FHWrisro, tune Menr
M. White, ietut) roiiiinlhsloiier of
liiimJgratlou at Heattle. who was ap
pointed federal mediator in the strike
of the Pacific coast lougshoreaiaan,
expected to meet representative of
the employers and strikers here today.
Tho meeting waa scheduled for yes
terday but was postponed when It
U found that the officials of ts
union who were present to represent
Ike strikers were without authority to
enter lutu an sureenienU.
SLAVS TAKE
FORT LUTSK
If VOLHYNIA
Capture of Strong Austrian Fortress
With 1 1,000 Prisoners Austrian
Lines Broken French Admit Loss
of Fort Vaux, Which Was De
stroyed by Bombardment, But Hold
Outskirts and Lines on Both Sides
t ,
PKTRonRAI). .luno S, vin f.ln-'
don. Tho capttire or l.iitek, til Vol
bynia, ami also of n soHp of pnwer
fillly organised Aiistrinn positions w
nhiioiinocd in an official communi
cation given out here todny.
In addition to the Austrian previ
ously emiturPd in tho offensive move
ment recently inaugurated, the state
ment nays-there wero captured ut
yoetenbiy's righting ft8 officers and
11,000 men. A large amount of war
material was also taken.
Xuvv Is Confirmed
LONDON, .luno 8. Tho AitslriniiH
have evauiiMled. Lutsk, ono of the
Volhyuimi triangle fort, upoordiiig lo
information received at tho Riismu
embassy in Rome, soys a Central
News dispaleh from Hint oily.
Severn! brigades of AiistrinuM unv
reported In the advices to lmvo been
eiiptured with Ihe fortress.
It is stated Hint the Austrian line
lmvo burn broken in Volliyniu mul
Hint I hoy have lumn withdrawii nearly
twenty miles Hiiiiiigbout the Lut-1;
sjjolor., -
Comedo ah of Vau
PARIS, .luno 8. HoHVy fighting
DonliniiHs in Hie vicinity if Foil
Vnu n, northeast of Verdun. The war
office reort of today says French
troop still oeeupv the outskirts nt
the forts as well as trencher to ilm
right nnd left or the works.
The loss of the fort iUeir, of which
an intimation wns given in Int
uight's report, ie conceded. The an
nouncement savs the fort was abnu
doniil by the garnsou after it hail
been reduced to a heap of ruin bv
an incessant bombardment of seven
(lavs. Herman attanks on the du
cent H.sitious thus ur have lreu nn
siieeeMsful. West or the Meiwe, Inicrmitfcnt
cannonading was ofcrrUid on la-t
night.
The test of Ihe statement Mja :
"After set en days of ferotfous
fighting against assaalting forces
who numb en. wero tvoustantK re
newed, the French garrison at Foil,
Vaux reached the limit of it strength
and was not able to prevent the en
cniv from occupying this imMtmu
which had been completely ruined b,v
a fulvous iMHitbardnient. W Wolil
'the immediate surrounding of tfjp
fort as well as the tronehM to Uto
right and to the left of it. In front
of those every attack doHvertd, liy
the enemy hea been broke by our
fire."
J
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PLATFORM FOR
ClIICAtiO Jan Hinging dec
larations of Americanism and for pre
paredness, military, spiritual, eco
nomic and Industrial, are xe) notes of
the progressive platform completed
today Iu lo-operatlou with the repub
lican platform builders. The pro
creative platform leaders hoped to
present their document to the con
vention today or tomorrow at thu
latest.
The platform also declare that I ho
upremo duty of civilisation is to '
make peace permanent after the wsr.
for whleu this nation should he pie
pured In every sphere. Itegardlim:
mlliUiy preparedness the piano in
doolar,A ior a uttv textoicii to at
leart m ind runK In iMittie eiiu-uiu '
a ttaudiag army of Hou.yuu mm .mil
' a n8t m of universal nillltary train
iut: d iiilen soldier - controlled by
the luttuoul toveruuunl."
PREPAREDn
PROGRESSIVES
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